Monday, February 06, 2006

Connect the Dots: Alberto Gonzales Should be Under Investigation, Not Overseeing Them


A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Many moons ago, when George W. Bush, was governor of Texas, Alberto Gonzales replaced James Baker as the Bush family consigliere.

Gonzales's most famous act of early loyalty was when he got Bush out of Texas jury duty, while he was serving as governor, because the jury screening form would have required Bush to disclose his prior arrest for drunken driving.

It was, as Claude Reins tells Humphrey Bogart in the classic film "Casablanca," the beginning of a wonderful relationship.

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Photo credit: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defends President Bush's domestic electronic surveillance program on Capitol Hill Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

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